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STUDY PLAN & MODULE DESCRIPTIONS
For non-native speakers of Chinese

Code Module Credits Duration Prerequisite(s)
YEAR 1

CHIN1109 Elementary Chinese I 6 90 hrs ---
This comprehensive Chinese course aims to make overseas students grasp the basic
knowledge about Chinese phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, characters and culture, by
means of exposing them to the basic linguistic materials related to daily conversations
and through diversified training of linguistic skills. The students are expected to achieve
the ability of communicating in Chinese about topics related to their daily life.

CHIN1110 Elementary Chinese II 6 90 hrs CHIN1109
This course, as a continuation of Elementary Chinese I, aims to make overseas students

further grasp their basic knowledge about Chinese phonetics, vocabulary, grammar,
characters and culture by means of exposing them to the basic linguistic materials
related to daily conversations and through diversified training of linguistic skills. Upon
completion of this course, the students are expected to achieve the abilities of listening,
speaking, reading and writing and be able to complete the basic communicative tasks in
Chinese related to their life, study and work.
CHIN1113 Chinese Reading I 3 45 hrs ---
The course aims to familiarize students with basic reading skills of different genres of

Chinese texts so as to effectively enhance their reading speed and comprehension by
means of extensive reading practices.
CHIN1114 Chinese Reading II 3 45 hrs CHIN1113

This course, as a continuation of Chinese Reading I, aims to make students further grasp
the basic reading skills by means of extensive reading practices.
CHIN1115 Chinese Skills Practice I 2 30 hrs ---
How to write Chinese characters is a difficult learning point for overseas students. This
course focuses on training students to write Chinese characters, while explaining the
different methods of knowing Chinese characters in terms of pinyin, etymology and
radicals. The students are expected to know, write and use the basic Chinese characters
they have learned.
CHIN1116 Chinese Skills Practice II 2 30 hrs CHIN1115

This course, as a continuation of Chinese Skills Practice I, aims to make students know,
read, write and use the basic Chinese characters by means of extensive training on
writing Chinese characters and explaining the knowledge about Chinese characters in
terms of etymology, components and radicals.

CHIN1119 Listening and Speaking of Elementary 4 60 hrs ---
Chinese I
This linguistic skills oriented course cultivates students’ proficiency of Mandarin Chinese

in listening and speaking, aiming to help them grasp the basic rules of Chinese listening
and speaking by means of various practices and explanations of the rules regarding
pronunciation, syllables, listening and speaking. Students are expected to effectively
complete communicative tasks related to their daily life in standard Mandarin Chinese.

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